Apocalypse and Heroism in Popular Culture (e-bog) af Katherine E. Sugg, Sugg

Apocalypse and Heroism in Popular Culture e-bog

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Stories of world-ending catastrophe have featured prominently in film and television. Zombie apocalypses, climate disasters, alien invasions, global pandemics and dystopian world orders fill our screens--typically with a singular figure or tenacious group tasked with saving or salvaging the world. Why are stories of End Times crisis so popular with audiences? And why is the hero so often a whi...
E-bog 273,24 DKK
Forfattere Katherine E. Sugg, Sugg (forfatter)
Forlag McFarland
Udgivet 1 marts 2022
Længde 238 sider
Genrer ATFN
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781476645667
Stories of world-ending catastrophe have featured prominently in film and television. Zombie apocalypses, climate disasters, alien invasions, global pandemics and dystopian world orders fill our screens--typically with a singular figure or tenacious group tasked with saving or salvaging the world. Why are stories of End Times crisis so popular with audiences? And why is the hero so often a white man who overcomes personal struggles and major obstacles to lead humanity toward a restored future? This book examines the familiar trope of the hero and the recasting of contemporary anxieties in films like The Walking Dead, Snowpiercer and Mad Max: Fury Road. Some have familiar roots in Western cultural traditions yet many question popular assumptions about heroes and heroism to tell new and fascinating stories about race, gender and society and the power of individuals to change the world.